Steelers training camp notebook: Aaron Rodgers, Pittsburgh’s offense starting to show their potential

Latrobe, Pennsylvania – Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive took advantage of a Mike Tomlin coach, awarded them on the second day of the training camp.

Friday’s training marked the beginnings of the seven shots season, a series of the best of seven between the offensive and the defense from the line of 2 yards. During the first piece in the series, the Zach Frazier center pulled a low snap which led to a large loss of yards for the offensive. But instead of the defense to take an advance of 1-0, Tomlin decided to start the series.

With a clean slate, the Pittsburgh offensive played well and recorded a 4-3 victory against the defense which included a pair of Touché de Rodgers passes, which looked much better on Friday that him the day before.

The impressive day of Rodgers began for seven shots with his passage of touchdown to the companion of the suite of the DK Metcalf training camp. The duo almost connected for another score a few moments later, but the pass of Rodgers was broken in the goal area by Joey Porter Jr., who was regularly paired against Metcalf during the first week of camp.

“This is what I expected,” said Tomlin about the Rodgers-Metcalf touch. “I’m not going to launch a pep rally. That’s what I expect. That’s what I was considering all summer.”

The two units of the first team left seven shots for the following four games before returning to the field for the seventh and deciding the game. Rodgers, in a scene that the fans of the Steelers surely hope to see several times when the regular season of 2025 begins, gave his team the victory after having struck Pat Freiermuth tight for the score.

Tomlin was asked about the offensive response after obtaining a do-over. He used the question to provide some perspective.

“It will be a reflux and a flow. I do not drive the emotional roller coaster on day 2, and, Ahhh (pump his fist),” said Tomlin. “We will continue to slam.”

Although he does not yet launch a pep rally, Tomlin must have loved what he saw from Rodgers, who continued to play well for the rest of the practice. While most of his work consisted of short passes to his runners, Rodgers put the crowd at his feet when he pleated a pass at the bottom of the field to the recipient Calvin Austin III, who caught him in stride after taking behind the defenders.

As Tomlin highlighted during its post-training press, the Steelers are in the first stages of development of the training camp, so it is important not to look too deep in the daily performance of players and units. That being said, how the offense – and Rodgers more specifically – examined Friday is a good sign both from a tangible and intangible point of view.

Here is an overview of what happened elsewhere during and before Friday practice.

Eight Seven summary blows

Although he was immediately nicknamed “eight shots” by the assembled media, Friday’s fray will drop into books like seven typical shots after Tomlin gave the offensive a breakfast ball after the Snap Bas de Frazier.

During the third game, Mason Rudolph found the receiver Ke’Shawn Williams at the back of the goal area, but Williams could not capture after the pass was lower. The offensive equaled the score, however, during the next game while Rudolph struck Scotty Miller on an inclination.

After the quarter-arrier recruit Will Howard finished his second pass from the fray after shooting incomplete during his first, Rodgers returned to the field before delivering the winning strike to Metcalf.

Steelers add the safety of veterans

Before the start of training, The Steelers have signed Veteran corner and old longtime security for Baltimore Ravens Chuck Clark. Clark, who attended training shortly after the signing, is now part of a rebuilt secondary which also includes new arrivals Jalen Ramsey (who was acquired in the profession that sent Minkah Fitzpatrick to Miami), his Propennial Pro compatriot of Darius Slay and his security colleague Juanhill.

Tomlin said what he sees during the training camp will determine what role Clark will finally fulfill the secondary at the start of the regular season.

Watt moving

As expected, TJ Watt joins in different places during the camp to help him continue to wreak havoc on opposing offenses. During the consecutive games for seven shots, Watt aligned himself on the right side of the line as a defensive pseudo instead of being in his usual place on the left side.

While Tomlin minimized it after training, the Watt garnish in different places is indeed significant. Watt had only two bags in the last five games last season when the offenses were to limit its impact. This game period clearly indicated that Watt and the Steelers needed to be creative if the former defensive player of the year wanted to continue to produce as such to move forward.

On the basis of Friday practice, it is clear that Watt and the Steelers explore their options as far as he was tailoring in different positions.

The weather cuts train short

The last moments of practice looked like the original “Terminator” scene when Sarah Connor left the screen and under a disturbing sky. With storms threatening to engulf the region, fans were invited to leave Chuck Noll Field about 30 to 40 minutes before the end of training. The players quickly followed suit.

Tomlin first kept hope that he would be able to finish training before deciding against this.

“Often in football, we are faced with adversity, with sudden changes, if you want, in particular with regard to the weather,” said Tomlin. “We had a big delay last year when we played the cowboys, for example.

“We do not run days like today. We are just working to try to do it at best our capacities and do as much work as possible while protecting the group.”

What is the next step: Pittsburgh will welcome two training sessions during the weekend before taking a day off on Monday. The Steelers will also announce their Hall of Honor 2025 class before the start of the practice.